Peter Williams (actor, born 1915)


Peter Brian Gordon Williams was an American-born British film, theatre and television actor. He is best known for his role as private detective Don Carter in the long-running British crime series Shadow Squad in the late 1950s. He was married to Helen "Toto" Irving, and had two children. He died on 29 August 2003, at the age of 88.

Selected filmography

Film

Ruth - BoazBrass Monkey - Detective FellowsBless 'Em All - Army Doctor The Straw Man - Inspector ConradFootsteps in the Fog - Constable FarrowThe Ladykillers - Detective at Parcels Office Richard III - Messenger to HastingsThe Man Who Never Was - Adm. Mountbatten Private's Progress - Officer at Selection Board The Man Who Knew Too Much - Police Sergeant at Albert Hall The Bridge on the River Kwai - Captain ReevesDunkirk - Officer at Ramsey's H.Q. On the Beach - Prof. Jorgensen Two Letter Alibi - Charles HilaryAnkokugai No. 1 Go Kart Go - Race Official Crooks in Cloisters - Daytripper

Television

Strange Experiences - The StorytellerShadow Squad - Don CarterIvanhoe - GeraldPathfinders in Space - Professor WedgwoodBarnaby Rudge - Mr. HaredaleCity Beneath the Sea - Captain PayneThe Human Jungle - General Sir Ayrland FieldingGideon's Way - Control Tower SupervisorRedcap - Asst. Provost MarshallMan in a Suitcase - Thomas HallidayThe Champions - Minder The Main Chance - Edward StainerPretenders - MandevilI, Claudius - Silius CaecinaEnemy At The Door - Vicar

Selected stage work

Daphne Laureola - Old Vic & Broadway Henry V - Stratford